The patient¿s attorney alleged a deficiency against the device.The product was used for therapeutic treatment of a ventral hernia.It was reported that after the onlay implant, the patient experienced fluid collection, fever, abdominal pain, cloudy drainage, purulent material, non-healing wound, bleeding, blood clots, hematoma, draining sinus tract, induration, inflammation, abscess, and mesh plugged up the abdominal wound and formed a dense seroma cavity.Post-operative patient treatment included revision surgery, debridement of skin/subcutaneous tissue/abdominal wound, mesh removal, drain placed, wound vac, evacuation of hematoma, suture ligation of bleeding vessel, excision of sinus tract, indurated/inflamed tissue removed, and excision of abdominal wall seroma cavity.
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